During spring, they bloom two-lipped, purple flowers that fade to release seeds in early summer. They're common in disturbed garden soils or mulched tree beds and have escaped into natural areas ...

A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of ...

The saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana) is a multi-stemmed, spreading tree ... The flowers are usually around 10 inches across with nine white-pink or deep pink-purple petals.

Q: I am writing to ask your help in identifying a rosy purple ... of flower and leaf into the Hyde Herbarium at the Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.E. 41st St., Seattle, for identification.

is one of the world’s most critically endangered tree species. The one-inch-long flower had a halo of light purple petals that sloped downward while a cluster of four white, pollen-bearing ...

For two weeks in late spring, they burst forth in their fancy best, shedding their leaves to make way for a dazzling display of unimpeded purple haze.